CLEVELAND CLINIC AND OHIO UNIVERSITY TO OPEN MEDICAL
SCHOOL EXTENSION CAMPUS IN NORTHEAST OHIONew site addresses need for primary care physicians
and infuses $49.1 million into Northeast Ohio

Monday, June 11, 2012, Cleveland:
Cleveland Clinic and Ohio University and its Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
(OU-HCOM) announced today they have signed an affiliation agreement
to develop a Northeast Ohio regional extension campus of the medical
school to be located on Cleveland Clinic’s South Pointe Hospital
campus. Through this affiliation, the partners are addressing the
growing shortage of primary care physicians in Ohio and investing a
combined $49.1 million into Northeast Ohio.

Ohio University’s commitment includes $36 million,
which provides support for renovations to a building on the South
Pointe Hospital campus and additional institutional commitments for
faculty, staff and operations to provide medical education.
Cleveland Clinic’s contribution of $13.1 million includes capital
improvements and renovations to the building, staff and operational
support, as well as medical education support. Cleveland Clinic is
also committed to working to expand the number of AOA-approved or
dual-accredited post graduate residency and fellowship positions.
The investment also includes a $5 million grant to South Pointe
Hospital from the Brentwood Foundation to support the new extension
campus. In addition, the Brentwood Foundation, a non-profit, private
foundation dedicated to the advancement of osteopathic medicine, is
committing $6 million to graduate medical education.

The Athens-based medical school has a history of
training physicians who stay in Ohio to practice, and this
additional site is planned to increase the number of family
medicine, pediatric and internal medicine physicians who will remain
in Northeast Ohio to practice, particularly in underserved urban and
rural areas.

“Cleveland Clinic and the Ohio University Heritage
College of Osteopathic Medicine share a dedication to excellence in
patient care, research and medical education,” said Toby M.
Cosgrove, M.D., Cleveland Clinic President and CEO. “This
collaboration will help improve quality for patients, stimulate
medical innovation and improve the economic health of our
communities.”

The first class of 32 medical students is scheduled
to begin July 2015, assuming approvals by the college’s
accreditation agency, the American Osteopathic Association Council
on Osteopathic College Accreditation, and the Higher Learning
Commission of the North Central Association.

“This affiliation agreement is a powerful example of
the importance of public-private collaborations to improve the
quality of life for Ohio citizens and to create jobs within regions
of the state,” said Ohio University President Roderick McDavis. “Our
medical students will be offered expanded education opportunities
with world-renowned experts at the Cleveland Clinic. With our
partners, with this additional site, we are a university of promise
for our students and for the citizens of our great state.”

The agreement builds upon a long-standing
relationship between the two institutions, which have partnered to
train physicians for the past 35 years. South Pointe Hospital is one
of the largest osteopathic teaching hospitals in Ohio. For more than
three decades, OU-HCOM students have been based at South Pointe
Hospital for third- and fourth-year clinical rotations. Many OU-HCOM
graduates have also completed their residency and fellowship
programs at South Pointe Hospital and other Cleveland Clinic
hospitals.

The agreement also provides:

Medical student rotations, residency and fellowship training
opportunities in hospitals throughout the Cleveland Clinic
health system.
– Cleveland Clinic will continue to provide
rotations for OU-HCOM students who
complete their first two years in Athens. –This agreement does not affect OU-HCOM’s and
Cleveland Clinic’s training relationships with other
institutions.

Engagement of more Cleveland Clinic and community physicians in
a variety of specialties who, as clinical faculty members, will
share their knowledge and experiences with students in Cleveland
and in Athens.

Encouragement of discovery through new research programs in
primary care and biomedical sciences.A focus for more medical students to choose primary care as a
specialty and stay in Ohio to practice.

There is currently a national shortage of primary
care physicians. Within the next decade, experts predict a national
shortage of more than 45,000 primary care physicians. The 20 percent
of Americans living in rural or inner-city primary care Health
Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) will be hit the hardest,
according to the Association of American Medical Colleges Center for
Workforce Studies. Northeastern Ohio, which includes Cuyahoga,
Lorain, Geauga, Summit, Medina, Portage, and Lake counties, has the
largest number of HPSAs in Ohio.

OU-HCOM leads all Ohio medical schools with the
highest percentage of graduates practicing in primary care HPSAs in
the state, and it also leads Ohio medical schools in training
primary care physicians who stay in Ohio to practice. With more than
a quarter of OU-HCOM’s applicants coming from the Cleveland area, a
campus in Northeast Ohio gives prospective students the possibility
of training there, then staying to practice.

With this new site, each class of 32 students will be
able to complete all four years of their undergraduate medical
education in northeast Ohio, instead of completing the first two
years in Athens. Students at the extension campus will have the same
academic experience as those at the Athens site. The program will be
based upon OU-HCOM’s Patient-Centered Curriculum, which emphasizes a
problem-based small group approach.

According
to an economic impact report prepared by consultant Tripp Umbach, by
establishing a regional medical campus in northeast Ohio, the area
will experience both direct and indirect economic benefits. When the
first class graduates in 2019, the economic impact of the campus is
expected to be $19 million annually. It will create more than 100
jobs and generate more than $700,000 in tax revenues for state and
local governments.

About
Cleveland ClinicCleveland Clinic is a nonprofit multispecialty
academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care
with research and education. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, it was
founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of
providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of
cooperation, compassion and innovation. Cleveland Clinic has
pioneered many medical breakthroughs, including coronary artery
bypass surgery and the first face transplant in the United States.
U.S.News & World Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic
as one of the nation’s best hospitals in its annual “America’s Best
Hospitals” survey. About 2,800 full-time salaried physicians and
researchers and 11,000 nurses represent 120 medical specialties and
subspecialties. Cleveland Clinic Health System includes a main
campus near downtown Cleveland, eight community hospitals and 18
Family Health Centers in Northeast Ohio, Cleveland Clinic Florida,
the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, Cleveland Clinic
Canada, and opening in 2013, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. In 2010,
there were 4 million visits throughout the Cleveland Clinic health
system and 167,000 hospital admissions. Patients came for treatment
from every state and from more than 100 countries. Visit us at
www.clevelandclinic.org.
Follow us at www.twitter.com/ClevelandClinic.

About
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic MedicineThe Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic
Medicine is a leader in providing a patient-centered, clinically
integrated medical education continuum, from pre-medical education
to undergraduate medical Medical School Extension Campus
education, and on through residency training, with an emphasis on
primary care. Focused research and community health programs speak
to the college’s commitment to improving health and well-being in
Ohio communities and quality of life for patients. Commercialized
medical research innovations have saved patient lives worldwide and
placed Ohio University first in state and fourth in the nation among
higher education institutions for research return-on-investments.
The state’s only osteopathic medical school, the college was founded
in 1975 and is located at Ohio University’s Athens, Ohio campus.
Visit us at http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/